Store-front construction



May 15, 1928.

F. HVIMMEL ET AL STORE FRONT cousqraucwirou Filed 1:60.28, 1927 Patented May 15, 1928.

UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED HIMMEL AND ISIDORE HIMMEL, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOBS TO THE HIMMEL BROS. 00., OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

STORE- FRONT CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed December 28, 1927. Serial No. 242,991.

This invention relates to an improvement in store-front construction, that is, metal stripsbetween which a sheet of glass is vmounted. After the installation of storefront construction, the metal strips have a tendency to lift away from the casing, and one object of this invention is to provide means whereby this difficulty will be overcome. Another object'is to provide a construction which is readily. installed and which firmly holds the glass in place and covers a construction shown and described in an application filed by us January 24, 1927, Serial No. 162,967. v

r In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a broken perspective View of a store-frontconstruction embodying our in vention; and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the outer strip, detached. In carrying out our invention, we employ an inner member 5 formed from sheet metal in any desired manner which includes a vertical wall 6 and a bottom flange 7, the outer edge of which is slightly raised above the rear portion of this flange. The outer strip 8 is of the desired conformation and in cludes a bottom flange 9 which extends beneath theforward edge of the flange 7, and

this flange 9has a series of tongues 10 out away from the flange '9 and turned upwardly and preferably inwardly inclined. These tongues are adapted to bear against the outer edge of the flange 7 andso limit the inward movement of thelower partof the outer strip 8, but also-and largely due to the angle at which they are turnedthe tongues 10 hold the outer edge of the flange 7 down and so prevent the outer edges of the flange 7 from lifting away from the casing. These 40 tongues also provide spacers to properly locate the outer strips.

Weclaim: j I A store-front construction, comprising an inner and an outer strip, the inner strip having an outwardly-extending bottom flange I raised at its outer edge, the outer strip having an inwardly-extending bottom flange arranged to' pass under the outer edge of the flange of the inner member, the flange of theouter member formed at intervals'with tongues struck upward from said flange and bearing against the outer edge of the inner strip. I 1

In testimony whereof, we have signed this specification.

- FRED HIMMEL. ISIDORE HIMMEL. 

